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Roy Haynes

Roy Owen Haynes (born March 13, 1925) is an American jazz drummer.[1] He is among the most recorded drummers in jazz. In a career lasting over 80 years, he has played swing, bebop, jazz fusion, avant-garde jazz and is considered a pioneer of jazz drumming. "Snap Crackle" was a nickname given to him in the 1950s.[2]

For other people named Roy Haynes, see Roy Haynes (disambiguation).

Roy Haynes

Roy Owen Haynes

(1925-03-13) March 13, 1925
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

Jazz

Musician

Drums

1942–present

Mainstream, Emarcy, Impulse!, Galaxy, New Jazz, Pacific Jazz, Evidence, Vogue, Marge

Haynes has led bands such as the Hip Ensemble.[1] His albums Fountain of Youth[3] and Whereas[4] were nominated for a Grammy Award.[5][6] He was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1999.[7] His son Graham Haynes is a cornetist; another son Craig Holiday Haynes and grandson Marcus Gilmore are both drummers.[8]

Busman's Holiday (, 1954)

EmArcy

Roy Haynes Modern Group (Swing, 1955) – recorded in 1954

(Mercury, 1956) – recorded in 1953. split album with Quincy Jones.

Jazz Abroad

with Paul Chambers & Phineas Newborn (New Jazz, 1959) – recorded in 1958

We Three

(New Jazz, 1960)

Just Us

(Impulse!, 1962)

Out of the Afternoon

with Booker Ervin (New Jazz, 1963)

Cracklin'

(New Jazz, 1963)

Cymbalism

People (Pacific Jazz, 1964)

(Mainstream, 1971)

Hip Ensemble

(Mainstream, 1972)

Senyah

Booty with , Charles Kynard, Charles Williams (Mainstream, 1974)

Blue Mitchell

Togyu (, 1975) – recorded in 1973

RCA

Jazz a Confronto Vol. 29 (, 1976)

Horo

Sugar Roy (Kitty, 1976)

(Galaxy, 1977)

Thank You Thank You

(Galaxy, 1979) – recorded in 1977

Vistalite

True or False (, 1986)

Freelance

Encounters with Mark Isaacs, (ABC, 1990) – recorded in 1988

Dave Holland

Equipoise (Mainstream, 1991) – reissue of (1971) with 1 additional track "Roy's Tune"

Hip Ensemble

When It's Haynes It Roars (, 1992)

Dreyfus Jazz

Live at the Riverbop (, 1993) – live recorded in 1979

Marge

Homecoming (Evidence, 1994) – live recorded in 1992

Te Vou! (Dreyfus Jazz, 1994)

My Shining Hour with 's Jazzparticipants (Storyville, 1995) – recorded in 1994

Thomas Clausen

Praise (Dreyfus Jazz, 1998)

The Roy Haynes Trio featuring & John Patitucci (Verve, 2000) – recorded in 1999

Danilo Perez

(Dreyfus Jazz, 2001) – Grammy-nominated album

Birds of a Feather: A Tribute to Charlie Parker

Love Letters (Eighty-Eight's, 2002)

Whereas (Dreyfus Jazz, 2006)

The Island (Explore, 2007) – recorded in 1990

Roy-Alty (Dreyfus Jazz, 2011)

Roy Haynes – Featured Musician (Drummer Cafe)

Drummerworld article

Interview

Concert Review

Interview for the NAMM Oral History Program (2008)